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[Ian Key]

And the price of your beer was a shock

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Proper beer, not that pale straw coloured liquid, in my area ranges from £3.80 to £4.80.

 

[Black estate]

Wicket covers ready

 

[Black estate]

Privett park, gosport borough FC to right where masts are

 

[Wil Tryharder]

Chesham Central Park
Daisy fields in full bloom
And maze. Wish I’d brought miniz rc drift car

 

[Giller]

Dog day afternoon.......

 

[Gomev]

Wicket covers ready
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PEDANT alert. Those are pitch covers as the wickets will be removed when they are on.

I know sad.......

 

[salty]

PEDANT alert. Those are pitch covers as the wickets will be removed when they are on.

I know sad.......

Really? Look like Wicket covers, to me.

 

[Gomev]

Really? Look like Wicket covers, to me.

Wickets comprise of 3 stumps and bails. They are placed at either end of the pitch at a distance of 1 chain (22 yards). The pitch is usually somewhere near the centre of the cricket field, the edge of which is marked by the field boundary.

 

[Black estate]

Wickets comprise of 3 stumps and bails. They are placed at either end of the pitch at a distance of 1 chain (22 yards). The pitch is usually somewhere near the centre of the cricket field, the edge of which is marked by the field boundary.

Alright you wanna be Dickie birds

 

[Archev]

Granddaughter plays softball
Far superior game
Regularly fires triples
New bat explosive

 

[salty]

Wickets comprise of 3 stumps and bails. They are placed at either end of the pitch at a distance of 1 chain (22 yards). The pitch is usually somewhere near the centre of the cricket field, the edge of which is marked by the field boundary.

Can't argue with that first bit of your post. But the Bowling part of a Cricket field is called the Wicket. So they are Wicket covers. So he is in fact, correct.

 

[Giller]

The contented sound of a snoring, snuggly dog, marvellous

 

[decrep]

Can't argue with that first bit of your post. But the Bowling part of a Cricket field is called the Wicket. So they are Wicket covers. So he is in fact, correct.

As in sticky wicket, fast wicket, slow wicket. That's not talking about stumps

 

[Coulomb]

As in sticky wicket, fast wicket, slow wicket. That's not talking about stumps

Ambiguous use of the term "wicket" is not the only abused term in that sport. For example, here is how the terns "in" and "out" are used (excuse the sexism, its about 50 years old):

The rules of cricket are quite simple...

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have got out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

Edit: Obligatory picture, lest a nasty moderator decides I'm off topic :

 

[Coulomb]

I've been trying to up my cooking game a bit lately. This is supposed to be "vegan pepper steak"... At least it's colourful. I'm hampered by a lack of access to "soy curls" that the recipe calls for. This was my first attempt a few months ago.

 

[Gomev]

Can't argue with that first bit of your post. But the Bowling part of a Cricket field is called the Wicket. So they are Wicket covers. So he is in fact, correct.

The bowling part of a cricket field ?? The run up presumably.

'Wickets' may be used in common parlance to mean other things but technically the only thing that is actually called a wicket is the 3 stumps and the bails.
Just because something is repeatedly referred to incorrectly doesn't mean it is right (Unless you are in Trump's camp, but that is another thing..).

Laws of Cricket: Law 8 (The Wickets), the wicket consists of three wooden stumps with two bails on top.

The pedant remains unmoved.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Super pedant ( The Wickets ) surely that's six wooden stumps and four bails ? otherwise its just not cricket!

 

[salty]

Think you know what I mean, the bit where the batsmen, run on. The bit that's cut a lot shorter, than the rest of cricket area. Is absolutely called the cricket wicket, it's as simple as that.

 

[salty]

Super pedant ( The Wickets ) surely that's six wooden stumps and four bails ? otherwise its just not cricket!

Agree, they are the cricket wickets.
But the grass area in between the wickets, is the cricket wicket.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Two people divided by a common language ......... and the Pennines.